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A Screaming Man
N'Djamena, capital of Chad, present day. Adam, in his sixties, works as a swimming pool attendant at a luxury hotel. Proud of his job, happy with the stability in his life, he is nevertheless caught up in a series of misfortunes that quickly turns to tragedy. The drama of Un Homme Qui Crie (A Screaming Man) hinges on the passing of time. As Adam ages, he experiences a brutal social descent, as globalisation reaches deep into the heart of Africa, bringing a whole new wave of injustice to the downtrodden. The hotel is bought up by Chinese entrepreneurs and Adam loses his job to his own son. From that moment on, the film takes on a universal dimension. As the spectre of civil war menaces the country, Adam sends his son off to the army, in other words, straight to his death…Mythological references abound - Adam’s guilt, Abraham sacrificing his son, the powerlessness of David against Goliath, or of the citizen facing a dictatorship. With an almost documentary style, the Chadian director Mahamat- Saleh Haroun, gives his film’s themes a compelling, contemporary resonance.
Un Homme Qui Crie (A Screaming Man)
Screenings as part of the 54th BFI London Film Festival 13-28 October 2010:
20 October, 6pm, Vue West End, London WC2
22 October, 4pm, Cine Lumiere, London SW7
For full festival listings, including education events, discussions and the LFF World Cinema programme visit www.bfi.org.uk/lff
Un Homme Qui Crie (A Screaming Man)- trailer
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// ALSO
- Pictures of Soul
- 2011 Cannes Film Festival
- The London African Film Festival 29 Nov-07 Dev 2008
- Marching Band
- Shaky
- WOMAD at the TOWER OF LONDON 19 & 20 September 2009 - win tickets!
- Maisha Film Lab, Kampala’s African Film Festival
- World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures, World Festival of Black Arts And Cultures
- Style with sense, Bottletop
// ALL MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN'S REVIEWS
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